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how can i get rid of it

Postby Capt. Farhan » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:48 am

the pop up from taskbar showing again and again that ur computer is infected...i dont know what is it...i have remove all the viruses from spyware docter....corrected my windows registry with registry mechanic...but the other problem is created..that i cannot switch on my windows firewall...a message appears that due to an unidentified windows problem the firewall settings cant be opened...help me friends
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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby born_2_fly » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:34 am

It sounds like one of those crappy ad things, that install itself on your computer, saying that its a virus, and tells you to buy a certain programme to remove it. The pop-up itself isn't a virus, but is a annoyance. Im surprised its not found my spyware doctor. Updating is all I can really suggest, and then try again. There are people on here far more edcted on things like this here so one of them will tell you more specific things.

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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby ctjoyce » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:20 am

www.webroot.com

Go grab spysweeper. Will fix any Spy / Mal / Ad Ware problems you are having. And for only $30 a year, its a great investment.

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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby Arnimon » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:43 am

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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby Harold » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:13 pm

Sounds like you're infected with SpywareQuake ...
I've had that bugger too and did this to check for a remedy.

Please let me know if this helps ;)
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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby jimm57 » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:10 pm

You can try http://pchell.com/ and see what it says about removing it.
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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby Capt. Farhan » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:02 pm

thanks guys i have remove my spyware quake aid...thanks to you all ;)
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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby congo » Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:02 pm

Have a look at Hijackthis, it's another tool that will help in some cases.

http://www.merijn.org/

Download:
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

As Elmer Fudd would say, "Be verwy careful!"
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Re: how can i get rid of it

Postby PisTon » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:56 am

I use:
AVG free edition
Spybot Search and destroy
Lava soft ad-aware
All free and exellent. Make sure you update definitions when you get them though ;)

Panda antivirus got rid of some things that these missed:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/Software/
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